Heya Wirewolf *hugs*!

I really liked the concept behind this....purebloods and certain species being pressured to breed with only their kind. Very cool...something one doesn't think of too much I think in the fandom. I only see stories about how a guy can't be with a guy because of his family situation. Great insight!

Thanks. I have to admit, I tend to fill my genemorphs with as many flaws as we poor humans have. I guess I tend to see them as potentially complicated and messed up. Of course, that's part of what makes great stories.

Not forced, not, not, not. Great take on the concept and sensitively treated. I didn't know where it would lead and was delighted that it was to a good place.

I dunno. The 'snowed in' line is all that really ties the story to the prompt. It was meant to be a delivery system for a silly pun and the next thing I knew I was on the stump preaching tolerance (in as gentle a manner as I could). So while it doesn't really hurt the story, without the prompt I think I would take that line out. It's cute but a bit misplaced, overall.

Eh, sometimes the prompt is just the vehicle that gets you to the story, and not the other way around. >^_^< I'd agree that the pun is pretty much take it or leave it, but the scene is thought-provoking as usual.

This one flowed so nicely... and reflected the prompt perfectly.... wonderful story...

V.

*bows deeply* Many thanks. Most of it came pretty easy. Then end kinda dug it's heels in, but I won in the end.

I like what you did with it, very well done. If you were going to publish this I'd flesh it out a bit more but perfect for a prompt. The ending doesn't seem forced to me and even if it is, it works.


And for the curious, the conversation went something like this;

Wirewolf: "I'm having a hard time even coming up with anything for the Thursday prompt. All I can come up with is stuff that has been done a million times before."

Kathmandu: "What is it? I haven't even looked in weeks."

Wirewolf: "Snowed in."

Kathmandu: "Hmmmm, well you could do like I did with 'fortune teller.' Try other meanings for 'snowed in'. First thing I thought of DeLorean."

Wirewolf: "DeLorean? What? How does that tie in with the prompt?"

Kathmandu: "You know, the car. Cocaine... snow. I dunno, it just popped into my head but you get the idea. You could go to The Urban Dictionary and look up other meanings. Do something unexpected if you don't wanna write the same ol' thing. I dunno, you could do a story about a guy surrounded by snow leopards or something similar..."

Wirewolf: (The International Space Station reported they could see the blinding light coming from the light bulb that lit up above Wirewolf's head at that moment. Being much closer, I still have a purple after image burned into my retinas that vaguely resembles Basil Rathbone) "Yeah, I could do... like a reunion!"

And thus a story was born.

I think that was the new lightbulb in the hallway.

*smiles* Three cheers for snow leopards. *chuckles*

By the time I read the intended punch line I’d actually forgotten I was reading a prompt so to me it’s all good. As has been said before its more about staying in practice than reciting some selected word or phrase properly.

There's nothing that says the story has to have much to do with the prompt at all..it can go off in wild directions. It was a good story, prompt or no prompt.

I know you're right. But I think the challenge aspect of the prompts has always been (for me) to get as close to the target as possible. If I miss by a couple of inches, I tend to think 'hmm, maybe if they'd been hyenas instead of hippopotomuses'.

Is that how hippopotomuses is spelled? Hippopotomi? Hippopotomeese? *scratches noggin*

A nice little story. It brought a smile to my face.

Thank you!

See, it's been so long I'd forgotten what all the prompts were. This was snowed in? I'm amazed. Again, an excellent piece of the genemorph world, and a great message at the end. I definitely think you should consider expanding on this one in particular in the future. :)

I suppose that's a possibility, but I don't know where else I could go with it. I might someday do a larger story based on this idea of speciesism among 'morphs but I don't know when or where I might place it.

Then again, now that I'm spending time working on Tux stories, that might be a good place for it, eventually.

*ponders*

Very interesting. Totally different approach to the theme. And there is some things to ponder, about xenophobia, endangered species and love. Very good little piece, I liked reading this.

A question that doesn't often get addressed, but I've found myself thinking about a great deal whenever I see a lot of specific breed characters. Nice handling of the subject, and a thoughtful one.

One of the things I like to do as often as I can is address issues of anthropomorphic characters living within human society. The opportunities are nearly endless, if one puts some thought into it.